The Secret Life of the National Grid
2010 · TV series · documentary · 1 season
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A segment from the BBC documentary "The Secret Life of the National Grid" talking about Battersea Power Station: https://youtu.be/vtixR7w7S0E?t=601
Oh interesting, I hadn't considered the aspect of charging overnight while it's cheaper. Of course, the moment it starts to get popular the energy companies will be eating that particular cake too, I'm sure. Sounds like right now there's not a huge margin anyway.
I guess the energy companies have a financial incentive to run a more consistent supply if it could reduce the peak load.
Just reminded me of a brilliant BBC documentary from a while back - The Secret Life of the National Grid. I think you probably have to piece it together from clips on youtube these days.
if you can find it the BBC documentary "the secret life of the national grid" (3 episodes) is a fascinating look into the history of the UK National Electricity Grid
EDIT: You can find it on youtube if you do a search.